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https://www.schelstraete.org/linux-du-values-dont-match-df-values/#respondSat, 16 Feb 2019 14:16:56 +0000http://www.schelstraete.org/?p=113Read More]]>If you do a df, and you compare those values with ‘du’, it is possible that those values don’t match. There are multiple reasons why this can happen, and one of those reasons if that files where deleted, but that the files are still in use by an application.In that case, it is possible that you need to stop/restart the particular application. This is of course depending on the application itself.With ‘lsof’ you can see if you have such a situation where an application is still ‘locking ‘that space, and it will show which application is causing this.Below an example: